Song Suggestion:

Play "Cindrella is dead" by EMELINE on loop.

3300+ Words.

Piya lay down on her bed. Tonight, like every other night, was silent. But today, she didn’t feel as if someone was watching her. Or that someone was outside her apartment. Tonight, Ikshit was all over her heart and mind. The moments she had spent with him were enough to bring a smile to her face. She didn’t know how his presence had played with her thoughts. His calm voice, the way he stood in the kitchen watching her cook as if that alone was his job; the way she accidentally kept stepping on his foot while dancing, and suddenly, the warmth of Ikshit’s feet against the cold floor. She couldn’t get any of it out of her head. The scene replayed in her mind—dancing with him. And then, what Ikshit had whispered softly into her ear after the dance, “Trust me. There is only you.”